In this conversation between Perdita Felicien and Sarah Ashley, both alumni and former classmates of the University of Chicago Writer’s Studio Certificate Program in Creative Nonfiction Writing, the two writers discuss Felicien’s forthcoming memoir, vulnerability in...
The 11-episode, 60 minute series, stars the Canadian athlete and ten of North America’s most decorated young athletes who compete in the sort of sports young people love, wakeboarding, gymnastics and skateboarding to name just three. This is not your average sporting...
Perdita Felicien was a 10-time national champion, a two-time Olympian and became the first Canadian woman to win a gold medal at a world championships. She now works as a sports broadcaster and is part of CBC’s team covering the Olympics. She was also...
Everyone saw Perdita Felicien fall. The two-time world track and field champion was the favourite to win gold in the women’s hurdles at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, making what happened all the more shocking. Felicien tripped over the first hurdle and fell...
